Optical aiming device

Claim 1

A TELECONTROL APPARATUS FOR GUIDING, TOWARD A MOBILE TARGET, A MOBILE OBJECT INCLUDING MEANS FOR CORRECTING THE DIRECTION THEREOF IN RESPONSE TO RADIO CONTROL SIGNALS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A FIXED SUPPORT ADAPTED TO BE FIXED ON A MOVABLE PLATFORM SUCH AS A SHIP, AN AIR-CRAFT, A LAND VEHICLE; A SIGHT HAVING AN OPTICAL AXIS DEFINING A LINE OF SIGHT, SAID SIGHT BEING RIGIDLY FIXED ON SAID FIXED SUPPORT, A RADIATION DETECTOR OPERATIVE TO DETECT RADIATIONS SELECTED FROM THE GROUPS COMPRISING INFRA-RED RAYS, VISIBLE LIGHT RAYS, AND ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS, SAID DETECTOR HAVING AN OPTICAL AXIS AND BEING RIGIDLY FIXED ON SAID FIXED SUPPORT, SAID TWO AXES BIENG PARALLEL; AN ORIENTATABLE SUPPORT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID FIXED SUPPORT AND HAVING TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM; A REFLECTOR FIXED TO SAID ORIENTATABLE SUPPORT AND HAVING ITS CENTER POSITIONED ON SAID LINE OF SIGHT, AND MEANS WHEREBY A LIGHT BEAM FROM THE TARGET AND RADIATION FROM THE MOBILE OBJECT CAN BE MADE TO SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDE AT THE REFLECTOR WHEREBY SAID REFLECTOR CAN BE ORIENTED TO CONSTANTLY REFLECT, PARTLY ALONG THE SIGHT AXIS AND PARTLY ALONG THE DETECTOR AXIS THE LIGHT BEAM FROM SAID MOVABLE TARGET, AND TO REFLECT INTO THE DETECTOR THE RADIATIONS FROM SAID MOBILE OBJECT; SAID MEANS COMPRISING PRECESSING GYROSCOPE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ORIENTATABLE SUPPORT TO ENSURE STABILIZATION THEREOF, TORQUEMOTORS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID GYROSCOPE MEANS